Mercury Capital Management's Monthly S&P Income Generating Program

The basic strategy of MCM’s program is to attain profits by selling options on the S&P stock index, balancing collection of premium with risk management. This will be executed with the use of selling option spreads, with the objective that both options expire worthless and all the premium collected from the sale is retained as profit. It is a way to take advantage of time decay in a limited risk strategy.

Mercury Capital Management’s Monthly S&P Income Generating Program

How can an investor profit from the current “sideways market conditions” or protect themselves from a possible downturn in the market without much effort?

Over the past year it has become more difficult to generate profit and increase value to an investor’s portfolio. Gone are the days of “throwing magic darts at the stock page.” How can an investor profit from the current “sideways market conditions” or protect themselves from a possible downturn in the market without much effort? I believe that if the investor looks into stock index options, they might find additional strategies to help them along their investment path.

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